A minor earthquake magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Boca de Yuma in Dominican Republic. The temblor was picked up at 02:08:05 / 2:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/07/18 / 2018-07-22 07:08:05 / July 22, 2018 @ 7:08 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 104 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 104 km, -68.4353° West, 17.9711° North. Unique identifier: pr2018203002. Ids that are associated to the event: pr2018203002.
Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from La Romana (c. 208 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Salvaleón de Higüey (c. 123 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Punta Cana (c. 100 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from San Rafael del Yuma (c. 5 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Dominican Republic (c. 9 824 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salvaleón de Higüey, La Romana, Punta Cana.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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